Osun: More victories on the way for PDP ―Bode George

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has declared that the victory of the party in the last Saturday Senatorial Election in Osun West of Osun State is a starting point as more victories will come for the PDP in future elections, especially in the forthcoming local government poll taking place in Lagos State.

Chief George gave this remark in Lagos Monday while addressing newsmen, saying that PDP was back to winning ways, even as he warn that All Progressive Congress (APC) led government in Lagos State should not attempt to manipulate the local government election or call for postponement of the exercise for whatever reason.

“For those who are saying the PDP is dead, the party’s victory in Osun West election should be an eye opener that PDP should not be underrated.”

“The July 22 date fixed for the LG poll remains sacrosanct and we will take any postponement as an attempt to rig the poll.”

“The victory is for the people of Osun west who are tired of Aregbesola’s maneuvering. You cannot fool the people all the time,” George who is also the Atona Odua said.

“It is a positive sign, PDP has learnt its lessons. We have realised the mistakes of the past,” he added.

Speaking on the flood ravaging Lagos, George, who was also former governor of old Ondo State, urged the Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, to put urgent measures in place to safeguard lives and properties of Lagosians that had come under serious threat.

Reading from his address titled, “Our Paradise Is Slipping Away,” the PDP chieftain noted that the flood had inundated Lagosians’ lives, grounding normal businesses, halting people’s programmes, vitiating their plans and preventing children from going to schools.

According to him, thousands have been rendered homeless while hundreds of millions of properties have been destroyed, lamenting that Lagos was indeed in a sorry state.

“From the streets to the sitting rooms, from the alleys to the bedrooms, the flood have inundated our lives, grounding normal businesses, halting our programmes, vitiating our plans, preventing our children from going to schools. Thousands have been rendered homeless, hundreds of millions of properties have been destroyed. Lagos is indeed in a sorry, mournful phase. Homes are being destroyed. Roofs are shattered, vehicles drowned in the sweeping rush of floods,” he said.

George further lamented that the state was not only sinking pretty fast but also slipping beyond the water level, urging the state government to stop the sand filling craze which seemed to have become a norm in waterline areas of the state.